Millet — Yield in Yemen
Yemen: Millet — Yield was 523.8 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Millet — Yield in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, millet — yield in Yemen stood at 523.8 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and down 18.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — yield in Yemen peaked at 2,000 kg/ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 279.9 kg/ha, in 1991.
That places Yemen 76th out of 86 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Millet — Yield in Yemen, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,240 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,245 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 1,013 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1964 | 1,091 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1965 | 1,006 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1966 | 904.4 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1967 | 1,375 kg/ha | +52.0% |
| 1968 | 1,429 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1969 | 2,000 kg/ha | +40.0% |
| 1970 | 1,590 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 1971 | 1,750 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1972 | 1,584 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1973 | 1,590 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 1,586 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 1,600 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 1,277 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1977 | 1,520 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1978 | 1,520 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,473 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1980 | 1,321 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1981 | 931.5 kg/ha | -29.5% |
| 1982 | 814.9 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1983 | 721.9 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1984 | 713.2 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 354.2 kg/ha | -50.3% |
| 1986 | 513.2 kg/ha | +44.9% |
| 1987 | 389.8 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 1988 | 394.9 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 419 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 367.2 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1991 | 279.9 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 1992 | 632.9 kg/ha | +126.1% |
| 1993 | 612 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 581.4 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1995 | 582.1 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 532.8 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1997 | 600.4 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1998 | 678.1 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1999 | 637.3 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2000 | 632 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 635 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 577 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2003 | 491.2 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2004 | 668.2 kg/ha | +36.0% |
| 2005 | 668.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 728.4 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2007 | 742.3 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 653.6 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2009 | 629.8 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 804.3 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 2011 | 601.1 kg/ha | -25.3% |
| 2012 | 702 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2013 | 677 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2014 | 639.1 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 549 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2016 | 519.1 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 526.5 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 517.8 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 543.2 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2020 | 550.4 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 557.1 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 538.2 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 531 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 523.8 kg/ha | -1.4% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 523.8 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 848.5 kg/ha, 62% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 523.8 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,305 kg/ha, 40% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — Yield in Yemen changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +126.1% | 279.9 kg/ha | 632.9 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,256 kg/ha | 904.4 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,549 kg/ha | 1,277 kg/ha | 1,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 657.34 kg/ha | 354.2 kg/ha | 1,321 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 550.41 kg/ha | 279.9 kg/ha | 678.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 642.57 kg/ha | 491.2 kg/ha | 742.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 607.91 kg/ha | 517.8 kg/ha | 804.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 540.1 kg/ha | 523.8 kg/ha | 557.1 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
More agriculture & rural data for Yemen
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -14.18 % change on previous year (2018)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 182.21 current US$ per person (2018)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6297 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 28.7% (2018)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 28.7% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is millet — yield in Yemen?
- Millet — yield in Yemen was 523.8 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — yield recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 2,000 kg/ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest millet — yield recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 279.9 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Yemen rank for millet — yield?
- Yemen ranks 76th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — yield rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Yemen data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Millet — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.